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STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
A steam road roller has been purchased during the year of the Harrisburg Car Company, of Harrisburg, Penn., at a cost of $4,750.00. The machine was not received until July, but where it has been used it has given general satisfaction.
272
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHEDULES.
Particulars of the work performed may be found in the following schedules :
STREETS ACCEPTED.
Name.
From
To
Length in Feet.
Belmont Street.
Highland Avenue.
Summer Street.
946
Land of N. C. )
Church Street
Somerville Avenue.
Hawkins and
340
Dana Street.
Pearl Street ..
Everett Avenue. .
276
Greenville Street
Medford Street. .
High Street.
661
Hawkins Street
Somerville Avenue. .
Washington Street.
331
Howe Street.
Marshall Street.
School Street
447
James Street.
Pearl Street ..
Veazie Street.
318
Lake Street ..
Hawkins Street.
Church Street.
820
Montgomery Avenue
Broadway.
Wellington Ave.
264
Raymond Avenue .
Curtis Street
North Street ..
1,347
Sanborn Avenue.
Walnut Street
Warren Avenue.
278
St. James Avenue .
Summer Street
Elm Street .
488
Virginia Street.
Aldrich Street.
Jasper Street.
403
Wellington Avenue ...
Walnut Street
S S'Ely
line
of
215
Wesley Park.
Wesley Square.
Park.
404
Wheatland Street
Broadway.
Jaques Street.
496
STREETS IMPROVED.
Street.
From
To
Improvement.
Feet.
Beacon.
Railroad Bridge ..
Sacramento St.
. .
Graded, ballasted and } gravelled
1,600
Broadway
Franklin St
Boston Line
gravelled
1,350
Bow ....
Union Square
Summer St.
Re-macadamized and gravelled
550
Buckingham
Beacon St ..
Dimick St.
Macadamized & gravelled Gravelled.
1,000
Cross
Broadway.
Medford St
Re-macadamized
and
2,700
Franklin
Washington St ...
Oliver St.
Highland Ave ...
Davis Square.
Grove St.
gravelled
500
Ivaloo.
Beacon St.
Park St.
Re-macadamized and gravelled
690
Marshall.
Broadway
Pearl St
gravelled
1,640
Medford ..
Washington St ....
Walnut St
Re-macadamized and gravelled
300
Cedar.
Summer St.
Elm St ..
gravelled
Re-macadamized and
gravelled
700
Re-macadamized and
Re-macadamized and
2.250
Montgomery Ave
¡ N. E. end of said
Re-macadamized and
Alice E. Lake
.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
STREETS IMPROVED .- Continued.
Street.
From.
To
Imorovement,
Feet.
Morgan.
Park.
Beacon.
Graded, ballasted and i gravelled
370
Myrtle .
Pearl St.
Brow of Hill.
Re-macadamized and gravelled
300
Newton.
Webster Ave
Concord Ave
Re-macadamized and gravelled
700
Oakland Ave
School St.
Marshall St.
Re-gravelled.
430
Otis ...
Cross St ..
Dana St ...
Macadamized & gravelled
850
Sanborn Ave ..
Warren Ave.
Walnut St.
280
School.
Lowell Railroad .. Oxford St ..
Re-macadamized and ) gravelled
1
Summer
School St ..
Bow St ..
Ballasted, re-macadam- ) ized and graded Re-macadamized and gravelled
1
Thurston
Evergreen Ave ...
Broadway
Re-macadamized and gravelled
750
Walnut.
Highland Ave ....
Bow St.
Re-macadamized gravelled
and
1,660
Webster Ave. . .
Union Square.
Cambridge Line ..
Re-macadamized and gravelled
1,970
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED WHERE THE MATERIALS AND LABOR WERE FURNISHED BY THE CITY, AND ONE-HALF OF THE COST WAS AS- SESSED UPON THE ABUTTING ESTATES.
STREET.
From
To
Feet of edge- stones.
Yards of brick.
Cost.
Boston, both sides.
Washington St.
Walnut St.
3,639.1
$2,973 15
Buckingham, 66
Beacon St.
Dimick St.
614.4
383 50
Cedar ...
Elm St. .
Summer st.
934 4
678.62
1,358 99
sides ..
Broadway
Medford St.
2,020
2,101 13
Elm .
B. & L. R. R.
Winslow Ave.
208.6
275.41
340 10
Highland Ave.
Putnam St.
60 ft. southeast'ly,
73.65
84 77
Highland Ave.
Near Davis Sq.
Grove St.
303.8
374.97
468 68
Morgan
Beacon St
Park St. .
769.1
504 22
Morrison
Grove st. . .
S E. line of Col-
cord's estate ....
258.4
166.92
336 24
Morrison
Opp. Grove St.
Appleton St ...
616.3
495 83
Oliver, both sides ..
Cross St.
Glen St.
1,078.5
$15.16
1,458 86
Otis, S. W. side.
...
Dana St.
841.7
631 34
Otis, N. E. side
Cross St ..
Dana St ..
721.7
548 59
Putnam
Summer St ..
Highland Ave. ..
1,068.35
1,001 98
School
Somerville Ave
Summer St ..
903.4
644 84
School
Medford St.
Evergreen Ave.
909.
741 83
Thurston
Broadway
Evergreen Ave. .
1,442.5
1,039 17
Walnut
Highland Ave.
Bow St ..
409.5
1,024,19
1,238 96
Total
13,650.4
6,497.27
$16,352 18
1
800
Somerville Ave ..
Cambridge Line .. Craigie St.
850
1,100
Dartmouth, both
Cross St.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED WHERE THE EDGESTONES AND BRICKS WERE FURNISHED BY THE ABUTTERS.
For
Street.
Feet of edgestones.
Yards of bricks.
Abutters on
Chester Ave.
438.2
Sylvester R. Briggs
Lincoln.
29
P. W. Crowther
Prospect Hill Ave
29
Joseph H. Clark
Chestnut Court
51.2
-
-
Robert Duddy .
Bond
99.5
Louisa L. M. Ellis
Sanborn Ave.
167.4
First M. E. Church
Wesley Square
Joshua B. Gould.
Winter
45.
Susan C. Jones
Winter
81.5
141.5
A. M. Mills.
Lincoln
58
Charles W. Norris
Lincoln
29
John C. Pushee ..
Chestnut Court.
112.5
Lindley J. Sturtevant
Sanborn Ave.
94.1
Martha M. Sturtevant
Sanborn Ave.
126.2
Emily H. Sawyer
Winter
56.
Annie B. Stearns.
Winter
45.5
1,435.7
352.5
DRIVEWAYS CONSTRUCTED (AT EXPENSE OF ABUTTERS).
For
Street.
R. F. Baldwin
Chapel
W. L. Barber
Marshall
L. S Bridge.
Mossland .
A. W. Bryne.
Jaques.
W. L. Clarke
Evergreen Ave.
Edwin Cox.
BOW.
J. J. Dorey ..
Temple
W. T. Henderson.
Elm. .
Hose House ..
Somerville Ave.
John Manning
Linwood
Lemuel Merritt
Pearl ..
Wm. J. McEleny.
Linwood.
Mary McFarlane.
Bonair.
J. J. Quinlan.
Somerville Ave.
J. W. Roberts.
Perkins.
Lewis Stockbridge.
Franklin
Q. A. Vinal and R. H. Sturtevant.
Union Square
Henry E. Wright.
Perkins.
James H. Woods
Summer
66
S. P. Langmaid, heirs of .
Broadway
75.2
Harriet A. Chamberlin
Winter
43.4
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTED.
Bonair street, across Walnut street to Mills street.
Boston street, across Walnut street.
Boston street, southerly side, across Greenville street.
Boston street, southerly side, across Prospect Hill avenue.
Boston street, southerly side, across Bigelow street.
Broadway, northerly side, from Sycamore street to Horse Railroad track.
Central street, at Lowell Railroad bridge to desk factory.
Green street, south side, across Summer street.
Highland avenue, west side, across to Vinal avenue.
Laurel street, north side, across Somerville avenue.
Medford street, across Warren street.
Pleasant avenue, south side, across Walnut street.
Somerville avenue, at junction of Bow street with post-office-
Somerville avenue across Rossmore street.
Somerville avenue across Mansfield street. Somerville avenue, south side. across Carleton street.
Vinal avenue, east side, across Pleasant avenue. Walnut street, east side, across Monroe street.
Washington street. north side, across Boston street.
- Washington street, east side. across Rossmore street. Washington street, east side. across Mansfield street. Washington street, across end of Bonner avenue.
CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED.
Albion street, wood, under sidewalk, near Lowell street. 2. College avenue, wood, under sidewalk, near Broadway, 1. Highland avenue; wood, under sidewalk, at Eastman place, 1. Medford street, wood, under sidewalk, near Willow bridge, 2. Medford street, wood, under sidewalk, near Fitchburg R. R., 1. Medford street, wood, under sidewalk. at Lowell R. R. bridge, 1. School street, wood, under sidewalk. at Madison street, 1. School street, wood, under sidewalk, at Montrose street, 1. Willow avenue, wood, under sidewalk. at electric light station, 1.
DANGER SIGNS ERECTED.
Belmont street, corner of Highland avenue. Broadway, at city ledge.
Cameron avenue, at Cambridge line.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Centre street, at Albion street.
Chandler street, at Broadway.
Chestnut street, at Joy street. Essex street, at Medford street.
Hudson street, at Central street. Madison street, at School street.
Madison street, at Sycamore street.
Montrose street, at School street.
Montrose street, at Sycamore street.
Moore street, at Holland street.
Richdale avenue, at School street.
Sycamore street, at Highland avenue.
Vernon street. at Lowell street.
Vine street, at Beacon street.
Vine street, at Hanson street.
Vine street, at Fitchburg railroad crossing.
Vine street, at Somerville avenue.
Willoughby street, at Central street.
STREET SIGNS ERECTED (wooden ) .
Aldrich Street, at Pearl Street.
Boston Street, at Washington Street.
Church Street, at Somerville Avenue.
Flint Street, at Cross Street.
Laurel Street, at Somerville Avenue. Marshall Street, at Broadway.
Marshall Street, at Medford Street.
Morgan Street, at Beacon Street.
Morgan Street, at Park Street.
Monroe Street, at Walnut Street.
EDGESTONES AND PAVING.
Lineal feet of edgestones set (including 2,500 feet reset). 17,391 square yards of brick paving laid (including 1,269 yards relaid) ; 7,862 ; square yards of stone paving laid (including 833 yards re- laid), 6124.
For the Committee
EDWARD H. BRADSHAW, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1890.
Ordered to be filed with the City Clerk for presentation to the next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence. GENRGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1890.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON SEWERS, Dec. 31, 1889. To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville :
The committee on sewers presents the following final report for the year 1889 :
SEWERS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . · $11,000 00 Receipts and credits :
For catch-basin curbs in sidewalks :
received credit from sidewalks ac- count
$36 56
. fee for drainage of Asylum buildings into Fitchburg street sewer . 50 00 .
labor and materials furnished in 1888. the bills for which re- mained uncollected Jan. 1, 1889 private work, the bill for which re- mained uncollected Jan. 1, 1889 .
86 59
3 60
fee for entering sewer, the bill for which remained uncollected Jan. 1,1889 30 00
pay for laborers, uncalled for during 1889 4 00
Value of materials on hand Jan. 1, 1889 . Value of tools and property Jan. 1, 1889 .Unpaid bills of 1889
210 75
229 54
394 14
541 71
Total credit
$12,376 14
280
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Expenditures :
For nineteen sewers, as per the ac-
companying table . $21,852 61
less assessments 18,330 87
cost to city . 3,521 74
For thirty-five catch-basins (average cost, $73.96)
$2,588 76
five-ninths cost removing deposit from mouth of Bridge street sewer 1,455 86
rebuilding Wheatland street sewer 1,188 17
building man-hole in Wheatland street sewer
292 51
repairing wooden box-drain, east side of Mystic avenue at Chauncy avenue 160 06
building a tool-house at Joy street lot . 39 51
building a fence at Joy street lot . 297 73
flushing sewers and filling catch-basins with water
370 58
boring for proposed extension of Winthrop avenue sewer 53 88
inspection of house drains
382 77
cleaning catch-basins
2,159 04
cleaning sewers
791 97
cleaning ditches .
124 84
cleaning man-holes
104 42
changing lines and grades of catch-basins
49 44
changing lines and grades of man-holes
51 30
repairing man-holes
26 52
examining sewers
69 75
repairing sewers and drains .
479 10
examining catch-basins 11 56
repairing catch-basins .
130 67
cleaning mouths of catch-basins
29 50-
water .
40 00
digging to locate old sewers .
75 37
inspecting sewers built by abutters in Ashland, Bowdoin, Dell, Hammond, Lce, Vernon and Wyatt streets, Richdale avenue, and on land of Tufts heirs
126 87
Amount carried forward
$14,621 92:
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
Amount brought forward . $14,621 92
Books, stationery and printing 22 00
Repairing tools and property 33 94
Removing tools and property to Joy street lot and arranging same 51 88
Sundry expenses (including those incurred in con-
nection with the Legislative hearings on the Metropolitan Sewerage System) . 95 35
Abatement of common sewer assessments 716 57
Labor and materials furnished, the bills for which are to be presented for collection in 1890 471 71
Private work, the bills for which remain uncollected 21 67
Depreciation in value of tools, property and ma- terials
172 84
Value of materials on hand Dec. 31, 1889 . 269 98
Value of tools and property on hand Dec. 31, 1889 (including purchases during the year of $300.58) 490 78
Total Debit
$16,968 64
Amount overdrawn
4,592 50
In addition to the above statement, labor has been furnished for which credit has been received as follows :-
A. W. Bryne, puddling sewer trenches in Heath and Hanson streets . 3 01
The sewer in Wheatland street referred to in our last report has been rebuilt in a substantial manner, at a cost of $1,188.17, and a man-hole has been constructed in the same at an additional cost of $292.51.
The sewer department now has the exclusive use of the city's Joy street lot for purposes of storage and repairs, and the lot has been fenced and a suitable building provided at a cost of $337.24.
Thirty-five new catch basins have been constructed during the year, as compared with twenty-two in 1888, and the average cost of the same has been materially reduced, being $73.96 in 1889, and $82.25 in 1888.
There has been 11,986.9 feet of sewers built by the city in 1889 as compared with 5,218 in 1888, or more than twice the length built in the former year.
SEWERS BUILT IN 1889.
Street.
From
To
Length in Feet.
Total Cost.
Assessment.
Cost to City.
Boston ..
High St. .
Northwesterly.
179.1
$263 49
$196 12
$67 37
Central and Albion.
Albion St.
Near Highland Ave.
535.5
548 42
537 68
10 74
Chauncey Ave. .
Mystic Ave ..
Near Jacques St. .
800.4
1,946 49
1,924 91
20 58
Curtis
St. and Fair-
Broadway . .
N. W'ly in Fairmount ave
991.3
2,782 91
2,242 95
539 96
mount Ave. .
End of old sewer.
Near Broadway . . .
219.1
323 95
302 11
21 84
Central St.
Somerville Ave. .
Near Summer St. ...
·
979.1
1,268 26
1,256 32
11 94
George St ..
End of old sewer.
Southerly and easterly . ..
140
228 51
168 74
59 77
Glen St ...
Fonutain Ave .. .
Near Tufts St. ..
345.5
496 83
481 90
14 93
Highland Ave.
End of old sewer
Near Central St ...
2,356.5
5,094 26
3,924 38
1,169 88
Harding St .
South St.
Near Cambridge Line.
96.6
119 10
105 62
13 48
Heath St ... .
Bond St
Brooks St. .
740.7
964 13
871 79
92 34
Hanson St.
Ivaloo St.
Near Mondamin Court ...
297.1
855 00
854 65
35
Laurel St. & private lands
Old sewer.
Near Summer St. .
959
1,334 09
1,111 04
223 05
Medford St.
Lowell St. .
Near Trull St ..
219.6
224 48
222 77
1 71
Mason Ave.
Orchard St. .
Near Cambridge Line.
222.1
202 81
200 70
2 11
Munroe St.
End of old sewer.
Easterly .
243.5
345 89
343 76
2 13
School and Madison Sts ..
Montrose St.
Sycamore St.
1,106.5
1,524 84
1,511 32
13 52
School and Montrose Sts.
Medford St.
Sycamore St.
1,379.3
2,940 95
1,689 52
1,251 43
Temple St. ..
Sewall St.
Near Jaques St. 176
388 20
383 59
4.61
TOTAL,
11,986.9
$21,852 61
$18,330 87
$3,521 74
For the Committee,
CHAS. L. NORTH, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Chauncey Ave ..
S End of old sewer in
.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 12, 1890.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 13, 1890.
Concurred in.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER, SOMERVILLE, FEB. 12. 1880. To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council :
In compliance with City Ordinance 9, Section 9, the following report of the City Engineer is respectfully submitted : -
CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.
The number of persons permanently employed in this department. during the year 1889 was five. Additional help has been employed as occasion required.
The expenses of the department have been as follows : -
Salary of the City Engineer, including the care and maintenance of horse and carriage $2,200 00
Salary of assistants 2,414 92
Instruments and supplies 302 34
Car fares
13 80
$4,931 06
The items of expenditure for salaries of engineer's assistants are as follows : -
For giving lines and grades for edgestone and side- walks. examination, titles, and making assessments $291 44 For all work done for the highway department, includ- ing lines and grades for defining street lines, accept- ance plans and numbering plans 178 17
For making surveys, giving lines and grades, examin- ing titles, making assessment plans and assessments, lines and grades for private sewers. for building catch basins, locating and recording private drains . For giving lines and grades for water pipes, for locating and recording services 43 79
663 73
Amount carried forward
.
$1,177 13
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
$1,177 13
Amount brought forward
For high service surveys, lines, and grades inspection and plans 396 02
For city and precinct maps . 171 74
For city survey and copying plans at registry of deeds
120 98
For surveys, lines and grades for department of public grounds
74 21
For all other miscellaneous work, including office rec-
ords and work done for other departments 474 84
$2,414 92
SEWERS.
Twelve thousand four hundred and forty-four feet, or two and thirty-six one-hundredths miles of sewers have been built by the city during the past year.
The cost of these sewers was $21,852.61. Of this amount $18,330.87, was assessed on abutters, and $3,521.74 assumed by the city. Abatements were made to the amount of $716.57. Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine and five-tenths feet of sewer have been built by private contract under the supervision of this department. The cost of inspection was $126.87.
The most important work of the year was the construction of the sewers in Highland avenue and School, Madison and Montrose streets.
The Highland avenue sewer was built to provide drainage for the northerly slope of Spring Hill, from Cedar street to Central street ; 1,606.1 feet of this sewer is built of brick and 750.4 feet is a pipe sewer. It has been long needed and will provide drainage for a large area of vacant land which is especially favorably situated for first-class residences.
The sewers in School, Montrose and Madison streets were built to provide drainage for a section whichi has been quite extensively built upon and has never been provided with any means of sewerage disposal, except through cesspools. The only outlet available for this sewer is through the sewer in Medford street.
The sewer in Medford street is not of sufficient capacity to pro- vide for the large amount of storm water which falls on the territory which has been drained into it, and there has been considerable doubt as to the expediency of connecting these sewers in School,
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Madison and Montrose with it. But the absolute necessity of pro- viding some means of sewer ge disposal for this district on the south side of the railroad seemed sufficient to overcome all objections. It must be understood that if the sewer in Medford street is still fur- ther burdened with storm water from the district south of the Lowell railroad, it will add to the danger of flooding property on Medford street, and in the near future a larger sewer will be required in Med- ford and Marshall streets, or a sewer must be built in the Lowell railroad location.
The sewer in that part of School street east of the Lowell railroad and in Madison and Montrose streets, is a twelve inch pipe sewer. At the intersection of Montrose and School streets, the sewer deflects from the centre of the street, and crosses the railroad under the tracks on a line parallel with and about eighteen feet from the east line of the street, by means of a 16-inchi cast iron pipe laid at a depth of six feet below the rails. On the north side of the track the 16-inch pipe is reduced to a 12-inch, and is deflected to the north- west until it reaches the centre line of School street, then is contin- ued on the centre line of School street to Medford street.
The sewer in School street north of railroad was reduced from sixteen inches to twelve inches, because it is not intended to provide for storm water from the north side of the railroad. If at any time a sewer be built in the Lowell railroad location, the 16-inch pipe sewer which crosses the railroad location can be connected with such a sewer, and the storm water be provided for.
The sewer in Laurel street and private land was built to provide better drainage than could be afforded by the sewer in Laurel street. The location built upon was adopted to avoid the necessity of lower- ing the sewer in Laurel street, and consequent excavation of a large amount of rock which would have been found if the sewer in Laurel street had been lowered.
The sewer in Chauncy avenue was laid through marsh land, and was expensive because of the exceptional care required in preparing the foundation, to avoid settlement.
The diameter of the Highland avenue sewer, at Cedar street, is 30 inches. This sewer discharges through a temporary outlet, by a 12- inch pipe, southerly into the sewer in Cedar street. Should it be- come necessary to build catch-basins on the line of the sewer in Highland avenue, a large amount of storm water will be discharged
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into this sewer and a larger outlet will be required. Temporary re- lief may be obtained by laying a 12-inch pipe sewer in Highland avenue, from Cherry street southeasterly, to connect with the sewer at Cedar street.
If a sewer is to be built in the Lowell railroad location, the outlet of the 30-inch sewer would be more properly through Cedar street northwesterly to the Lowell railroad.
The Board of Health has for several years alluded to the ne- cessity of providing some means of sewage disposal for estates on Woodbine street. The land in this vicinity is in a condition danger- ous to public health. The house drainage now runs on the surface of the ground and collects in pools of black, offensive matter, and as the topography is such that there is no way of disposing of surface water, even cesspools are useless. I would recommend that a sewer be built in Lowell street, from Albion street northeasterly to Wood- bine street, and in Woodbine street southeasterly to near Centre street.
REBUILDING OF WHEATLAND STREET SEWER.
In September work was begun on the rebuilding of a portion of the brick sewer in Wheatland street, from Mystic avenue south- westerly. Beginning at Mystic avenue, about 59 feet was found to be in good condition, and in this section no repairs were made ; from this point about 35 feet of the sewer was strengthened by depositing concrete on the sides of the sewer, from about one foot below the spring line of the arch to a point well up on the arch. The thick- ness of the concrete at the spring line was about 12 inches ; from this point about 50 feet of the arch was removed, relaid, and strengthened with concrete, as was done in the last section. The remainder of the section, 133 feet in length, was rebuilt. The old sewer was entirely removed and relaid.
A platform of two-inch spruce plank, resting on four-inch by eight-inch spruce was laid, and the sewer laid thereon ; the invert and arch were backed up with concrete in the manner above de- scribed. Near Mystic Avenue a manhole seven feet in length was built and furnished with an iron tide gate.
The amount expended on rebuilding was $1,480.68.
REBUILDING LAUREL STREET SEWER.
A section of the sewer in Laurel Street one hundred and forty- three feet in length, from a point about one hundred feet north-
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west of Somerville Avenue to Park Place, was taken up and relaid at a lower grade to receive the sewerage from the sewer constructed in Laurel Street, private lands and Green Street. The cost of re- building was $160.12.
OUTLET WHEATLAND STREET SEWER.
The wooden outlet at Mystic Avenue has been thoroughly repaired. A length of about fifty feet opposite Chauncey Avenue was entirely rebuilt and in several places the sides of the trench have been braced to prevent deplacement of the drain. The cost of repairs was $160.06.
The tool house and yard have been removed from the city land at Washington and Prospect streets to the city lot on Joy Street.
The Joy Street lot has been graded and fenced and a larger build- ing erected. The cost of moving tools and building and erecting new building, the grading and fencing, was $337.24.
PRIVATE DRAINS.
Five hundred and eight permits have been issued during the past year for laying and repairing private drains. Location of new drains and changes in old work have been recorded in the usual manner. House drains and drainlayers' work have been inspected at a cost of $382.77.
CATCH BASINS.
Thirty-five catch basins have been built during the year at a cost of $2,588.76. The cost of cleaning catch basins was $2,159.04.
CLEANING SEWERS.
The annual examination of sewers has been made ; no large ac- . cumulation has been found except in the sewer in Washington Street from Union Square to near Sacramento Street. With one or two slight deposits other than the one above mentioned, the city sewers which are provided with manholes, were never in better condition. The cost of cleaning sewers was $1,021.23.
Repairs of sewers and catch basins have been made to the amount of $636.29.
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